These tutorials will show you the different ways you can block your projects. They are broken down by type of yarn and blocking method.

You can find a written tutorial for this video here. This tutorial will show you how to block acrylic yarn. It shows how you can pull your project into the correct size or simply get it to lay flat. It also shows you what happens if you “kill” your acrylic.

For a written tutorial click here. This tutorial will show you how to wet block and spray block acrylic yarn. These two methods give you similar results and I give tips on why to choose one over the other.

This tutorial will show you how to use blocking wires, also known as lace wires, to block out any straight edged project you have. This blocking method will decrease the time you spend having to individually pin your edges out. This is a very easy and fast method for blocking all of your straight edge…

I would only block if there was a lacy design that need to show better or if the edges were not very straight. Blocking it out can help with any stitches that didn’t come out right. For cotton, it stretches quite a bit so just wet blocking it (get it wet, pin it and let it dry) would be perfect.